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See how H&E’s repositioning strategy is paying off
After opening six new branches in the spring, H&E Equipment Services ended the second quarter with 149 locations across 31 states.Â
The company’s branch footprint...
Baton Rouge engineering firm names a new president
Baton Rouge-based civil engineering and land surveying firm SJB Group announced Phillip Zimmerman as its new president.
Zimmerman has over 35 years of professional engineering,...
US consumers more confident about the future
American consumers felt more confident in July as expectations over the near-term future rebounded. However, in a reversal of recent trends, feelings about current...
Roundup: Assassination attempt / Bayou oil spill / Mayor’s office
Clay Higgins on panel: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Republican Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins to a bipartisan task force that will conduct...
A crisis looms for U.S. commercial real estate
The risks associated with U.S. commercial banks’ overexposure to commercial real estate are intensifying, Harvard Business Review reports.
An analysis from The Conference Board estimates...
‘LaPolitics’: Will presidential swap influence local politics?
Just two weeks ago, President Joe Biden’s quest to hold the White House appeared to be, if not a lost cause, at least trending...
See how many jobs the Baton Rouge metro lost in June from the prior...
The Baton Rouge metro saw the largest drop in jobs from May to June with the region losing 4,700 jobs month to month, according...
An investment firm just paid $3.5M for this property off Bluebonnet near I-10
A Minnesota-based investment firm purchased property off Bluebonnet Boulevard near Interstate 10 for $3.5 million, according to a deal filed Friday with the East...
Bottom may be nearing for commercial property foreclosures
Banks and other lenders are seizing control of distressed commercial properties at the highest rate in nearly a decade, a sign that the sector’s...
Roundup: Bayou oil spill / Flowers Baking Company / LSU baseball
Precautions: More than 100 workers spent Sunday continuing the cleanup of a crude oil spill in Bayou Lafourche near Raceland, hoping to protect the...
How fast and how far will the Fed ultimately cut rates?
Two years after launching an aggressive fight against inflation and one year after leaving its benchmark interest rate at a near-quarter-century high, the Federal...
Baton Rouge software company Kologik acquired after filing for bankruptcy
Kologik, a Baton Rouge-based software company born out of the ashes of the once-prominent tech firm Thinkstream, has been acquired by Tennessee-based Greater Sum...
What the latest numbers from the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge indicate
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the...
Roundup: BASF earnings / School system update / Sick-out scrapped
Flat: BASF backed its full-year outlook despite posting flat second-quarter earnings after cost-saving measures offset a decline in sales due to lower prices across...
Louisiana is among the states asking SCOTUS to halt this new EPA rule
Attorneys general in 25 states, including Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, have sent an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to immediately halt...
Employees pushing back against return-to-office policies
Return-to-office mandates gained steam over the past few years, but that push has slowed, Inc. reports.
In the first half of 2024, return-to-office policy announcements...
Gaming and Leisure Properties reports record Q2 results
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc., a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust that owns the property of all three of Baton Rouge’s casinos, reported record...
GDP report for the second quarter surprises economists. See why
Economic activity in the U.S. was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter, according to initial estimates released Thursday from the Commerce Department.
Real...
Louisiana lawmakers scrap plan for a constitutional convention this summer
Despite a last-minute push from Gov. Jeff Landry’s revenue secretary, Louisiana lawmakers will not return to the Capitol this summer to address tax and...
Roundup: New superintendent / Southwest Airlines / At-risk youthÂ
LaMont Cole: After a tumultuous selection process, the East Baton Rouge School Board has finally chosen its new leader: Metro Council member LaMont Cole....
